Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 January 1943 — Page 8
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(Axis Reports Allies: Shower}
'Chutists on Desert to Cut Rommel Retreat, (Continued from Page One)
miles below the coastal road, was the force at Tarhuna. His coastal column was the one at Homs. Apparently the Germans and Italians were not retreating fast enough to stay. clear’ of the British, because the communique said pris- , ‘guns and: vehicles were cap- . The axis was reported burnig supplies along the coastal road. American and British planes
of operating under the Middle Eastern
command relentlessly pressed their attacks against transport east of
» Tripoli, and against Castel Benito
airdrome, 10 miles south of Tripooli. Castel Benito airdrome was bombed
1 {Monday night and Tuesday morn-
ing, and’ large fires broke out among dispersed aircraft, the communique said.
Axis Burns Supplies
Heavy bombers further devastated Tripoli harbor; and the harbor of Sousse, in Tunisia. A British torpedo plane, prowling west of Sicily, attacked a large ship and left it in sinking condition. Enemy fighters tried to. intercept allied planes attacking Tripoli and
_-{Sousse, the communique said. Three
were destroyed, and in ‘all operations the allies lost four planes. Dispatches from Algiers to Madrid said the: British coastal column was passing through flaming villages and huge supply dumps, which the Afrika Korps had fired. Long lines of axis trucks and armored units blocked the road in some place, the dispatch.said. They had run out of oil and gasoline. A junction between Montgomery's southern column and Brig. Gen. Jacques Leclerc’s Fighting French forces from the Chad area was be-
milk [lieved near. Leclerc already had
joined forces with Gen. Henri Honore Giraud’s camel corps that drove out of Tunisia into southwest
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fly. “They flew everything — — troops,
medicine, and even a horse. The
troops or supplies and returned with the wounded.
could get our hands on. I had one squadron made up of 14 different types of planes. Some of them were antiques. ‘When Java was overrun, we acquired some Dutch K. L. M. planes. read the instrument markings, which were in Dutch.”
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The colonel said his men had to be ingenious ‘in keeping the planes repaired. - “A flying fortress had been shot down 1500 miles away and it had one good wing we wanted. One young pilot flew his transport plane there and tied the fortress wing underneath the transport plane. “He took off at night, not knowing whether or not he could get his ship itno the air. He couldn't raise his landing wheels or lower his wing flaps. Somehow, he got into the air and flew: that wing 1500 miles and he had to make three stops for refueling on the return. “I recommended him for the distinguished flying «cross which he received.
Plane Lost, Crew Saved “Our kids kept hopping back and forth across the 600 miles of Coral sea from Australia to New Guinea. They flew day and night. We had to pour them out of the cockpit. “Yet we lost only one ship in the seaa—nd it previously had been riddled with bullets. The crew was picked up.
the air. Bu, how those bors ean) jeeps, food, supplies, equipment, .
planes that landed never made an’ empty trip. They: were sent in with|
Our boys had to learn tol #
“At first we used everything we| &#
On Plan: Partial For ve: ness Hinted. (ont tem For Oh
near future. That would be returnable Jf the expected increase Is Hot imposed.
‘Not Figured on Gross
The 20 and 5 per cent withholding taxes would not be figured
similar to that used in the victory
1943 out of each paycheck at the
Lieut. Col. Nichols . . . reports home rate of 25 per cent of their earnings
“In ferrying supplies to New Guinea at first, we had to drop ev-
less allowance deductions. Upper. bracket taxpayers, who would ‘have to pay the difference
erything without, parachutes. That, oo 19 her cent and their total
meant from tree-top heights. When
tax bill for 1942, plus the 25 per
8 tiny landing strip Was cub, OUF| oo; wiihnoiging levy. would be
boys began setting down there—and | the Japs were only eight miles
away.
- “For the assault on. Kokoda, one squadron ferried in 300,000 pounds of freight. ... , The pilots all were
superb.” Col. ‘Nichols,
given five years to make their payments currenf., °
Faces Opposition Although the plan faces strong
opposition in congress, pay-as-you-go advocates said that the treasury
whose home is at|,. n050] represents the first indi-
Rye, N. Y,, has been in the armyicq¢ion that the administration is
air forces since 1932. Previous to ready to submit to “forgiveness” of that he had been a reserve officer yeady taxes in some —
in the field artillery. He was in
command of a bombardment squad-
‘In all tax discussions since President Roosevelt requested $16,000,-
ron in the Philippines when theo 000 in new revenue for the 1943
of fire.
tion has been the “skip-a-year”
“I have a private debt to settle phase of the pay-as-you-go plan. '
with the Japs because of the friends
of mine they killed. I want to be
The treasury has contended that to “forgive” a year of taxes, such as
there fighting when we take back| i) ce- ror 1942, would allow persons
the Philippines.”
down on the edge of his seat and gripped the handle of the seat in front of him. He looked as though he expected to have to dash for his life any minute. He gradually relaxed, however, and after several blocks, he was nodding sleepily— his confidence restored. A young boy of high school age paid his fare, turned away and then looked again, as though he couldn’t believe his eyes. He continued on to -the. back of .the bus, shaking his head sadly. Two. more youths standing on the corner went through all sorts of motions and grimaces to attract her attention. Already, bus ‘driver lingo is a part of Mrs. Lair's vocabulary; As the en, the Shree, she asked ructor” ca adually, “Are we ready to pull?” Cool 0 self-confident, she- drove without mishap—not even so much as’ a scraped curb. Passengers would never have known a woman
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Women Start Bus Driving; . Recruits Prove Efficient
(Continued from Page One) was. at the wheel if they hadn't
been watching so. intently.
she needed assistance. A policeman obligingly kept her posted when someone wanted out at the. side door. Several told her where to stop instead of ringing the bell, and one woman paused long enough to say, “You did a swell job.” A businessman jokingly remarked to his neighbor, “Wonder how much time she gets at the end of the line to powder her nose,” while a young girl commented, “Well, I've
’| seen everything now.”
Mrs, Lair, and the other woman driver, Mrs. Jéanne Finnegan, 2536 N. New Jersey st., will operate on the extra board at first, serving on whatever line they are needed. During their instruction, they have |been on most of the runs and shifts, including the late shift from 3:45 p. m. to 12:28 a. m, and owl busses,
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They consider coping with the icy streets and cold weather as much a part of their job as learning the routes, knowing - the skip stops, keeping the trip sheets and staying on schedule. A supervisor. was quick to praise the new recruits. He’s been in the business 18 years and frankly admitted that at first he didn’t think it could be done. About a week ago he saw ‘Mrs. Lair bring in a W. Washington st. bus from Mickleyville in a hard driving rain at night, carrying 53 passengers and only four minutes behind schedule. That convinced him, and he summed it up when he said, “They've got what it takes.”
GRAND JURY CALLED IN WABASH KILLING
WABASH, Ind., Jan. 20 (U. P.).— The Wabash county grand jury was called into session today to investigate the slaying of Policeman Clinton Osthimer, 32, ‘after the officer had arrested a man on a drunken driving charge. Prosecuting Attorney John Beauchamp said he would ask the grand jury to return a first degree murder indictment against Mosie Alfred Harriell, 28, army deserter of Marion,’ who police, said confessed shooting Osthimer early yesterday.
‘ELDER STATESMAN’, NORRIS ST.’ LOUIS, Jan, 20. (U. P.)— George W. Norris, former U. 8. senator from Nebraska, said here today he would decline any government post and emphasized his fu-
“until sore - opportunity should come to me fo help formu-
late the peace.” «
Doesn't it
in the higher brackets to escape taxation for a year during which
unusually high levels. Ruml Plan Forgives
The pay-as-you-go plan which has received the most publicity was one tted by: Beardsley Ruml, New York department store executive. The basis of his proposal is “forgive=ness” of the 1942 income taX in all
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earnings and other incomes were at
Rubber Co. Producer 1
; . award for excellent morale and aftend_She’s been with U. S. Rub-
trip was an ah honor in more one. She was first from the local rubber plant “be chosen ent monthly trips to equal that of Mrs. Holsapple’'s are to be awarded fo Indianapolis employees of the company.
Wins Radio Prize
New York, she was taken to ‘the Ambassador hotel to register and then w away to Primrose House. An exciting evening followed dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria. She attended a “Gay Nineties” broadcast, went to the Stork club and then saw Orson Welles do a broadcast. Tuesday she toured Radio City and did a little “looking around.” She'd really planned to do some shopping—mementos and all that,
you know, for her family—but her
day was so crowded she just couldn’t manage that.
gress for a pay-as-you-go tax system has been revealed to be much stronger than last year, the administration has shown signs of giving a little on its opposition to putting taxes on a current basis. President Roosevelt, in his budget message to congress earlier this month, warned that income taxes never would revert to previous relatively low levels and urged congress to put tax collection on a pay-as-you-go basis so far as feasible.
DRIVERS, PLEASE NOTE
Coupon No. 3 in basic A mileage rationing books expires at midnight tomorrow, Kenneth M. Kunkel, state OPA rationing officer, today reminded automobile owners. Coupons No. 4 are good from Jan. 22 to March 21. Each has a value of four|pa
gallons.
G. L. WINTHROP DIES ' NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (U. P.).— Grenville L. Winthrop of Lenox, Mass., a descendant of John: Winthrop, first governor of Massachusetts, died yesterday at his New
Several patrons, seemed to think|brackets. ; Since the pressure in this con-
York residence. He was 78.
for the award. Sub-
When Mrs. Holsapple arrived in|
Following a luncheon, she appeared on a CBS program, “Mrs, Goes a Shopping,” and walked away with fhe grand prize, expensive ‘dusting powder and per-
cologne; fume. In addition, she won an elec-|
tric egg poacher which is one of the memos of the trip in which the family will’ share.
Visits Home Office
In. the afternoon she also visited the main office of the rubber company in Rockefeller Center and presented one of the airplane fuel cells on which she works, to Thomas Needham, company- vice president and chairman of the company’s war production division. And then before she realized it, it was time to entrain for Indianapolis. When she got off the train this morning, she still was thrilled about it all but anxious to get home to her family at 1522 Leonard st.—and back to work. After all, the girls out at U, 8. Rubber will be waiting to hear about the trip. And when they hear Mrs, Holsapple's story— Well, you can bet that competition for future trips is going to be mighty keen.
ROOSEVELT RUNNING NOW, WILLKIE SAYS
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—President Roosevelt is already running for a fourth term, in the opinion of Wendell L. Willkie. On a visit here, Mr. Willkie was asked if he thought the president |would be a candidate in 1944. “Certainly I think he will,” Mr. Willkie answered. “In fact I think he is running already. Also, I think he will be a hard man for we Republicans to defeat. “He is sure to conduct a highly intelligent and utterly ruthless campaign.”
BRITISH ADMIRAL PROMOTED LONDON, Jan. 20 (U. P.).—The admiralty announced ‘today that Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, ¢ommander of British naval forces participating in the North African offensive; had been promoted to the
rank of admiral of the fleet.
ture role would be that of a private| | citizen
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" attackers; Nazis lose. 11 Blanes. (Continued frm Page One) out in obvious 1 staliation for the
|neavy R. A. F. sssaults or Berlin, )
Only about hal’ a dozen German planes, taking adv ntage of | Ala; cloud cover, pene rated. to Ihe Lon don area. ; Twenty childret | “were Kil od when
a bomb hit one school ard many were injured. is
Ack Ack Is Heavy
The Nazis encountered heavy anti-aircraft fire —some of - the heaviest London had hea:d since the days of the daylight blitz raids of 1940—and for mations «(f RAF fighters. The attack on !.ondon wis brief, occurring between 1 p. m. snd 1:30 p. m. (London Tire), and in many areas, including th 2 city district and the west end, cit zens wen about their normal occu; ations.
Pedestrians Are Caln:
Men, women &¢nd childien remained in the str:ets. Busscs, taxi= cabs and streetc:rs contirued te operate. Pedestrians occ: sionally glanced at the sky when they heard planes or shellbursts ove head, bit few went to shelters. = Royal air forcy fighters were reported to have turned bacit about 20 German fighter: over the south east coast during the afternoon,
SUBS TAKE HIGHER TOLL THIS MONTH
wasHINGION, Jan. 20 (U. P.). ~German submarines havi sunk more allied shippir g in the Jitlantic thus far in Janu:ry than in the same number of d:ys in Deiember, Director Elmer Dsvis of thi: office of war information, said today. He told a press conference the submarine situation is “serioiis” and that it will remair. so “for & long
time, to come.” Davis, however; p \inted ab fighter :
picture of the gene: al war. Bit uation,
On, the whole, lie said, “it is very encouraging.” Recent Russian triumphs, he addec, are “most en<
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